One of my customers used to live in Southern California and worked for the City of Los Angeles. Her job was to approve and coordinate all the movie and television shoots that required streets to be blocked off, highways shut down, and that sort of thing. This brought her into contact with many celebs and she got to know quite a few. Michael Landon was a heavy, heavy (4 packs a day) chain smoker of cigarettes (it's what killed him) and one day my customer saw him chatting with a bunch of kids while smoking one one after the other--they were filming an episode of Touched By An Angel. In a private moment, she chastised him for setting such a lousy example for the children. He ignored her with a shrug. So later, when more kids were around, she reached out, grabbed the cig right out of his mouth, and stomped on it. Nothing further was said, though she feared for her job. Years later, when Mr. Landon was on the Carson show, Johnny asked him about fans who behave in some unexpected or outrageous behavior. Landon answered by relaying the story of my (still nice but a little nutty to this day) customer. He never forgot! Alan Barnard Salem, MO Original message From: "Willem Blees" To: Pianotech at ptg.org Received: 3/10/2008 7:18:09 PM Subject: Speaking of menus A while back, just before he died, Michael Landon appeared on the Johnny Carson Show and read a "Road Kill" menu. Shortly afterwards, while we were on a trip, my wife and I, along with our two boys, came up with a Piano Technician's Menu. Enjoy. Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT Piano Tuner/Technician Honolulu, HI Author of The Business of Piano Tuning available from Potter Press www.pianotuning.com Piano Technicianâs Menu Drinks Your choice of balance or front rail punch A Diminished 5th of Jack Daniels Egg Knob A Case of Beer So-La-Ti (our special blend of herb tea) Appetizers (Hors Dâoeuvres) Stuffed Mushroom Capstans Deep Fried Soundboard Buttons String cheese Egg Drop Screw Soup Southern Fried Key Buttons Marinated Monkey Miscellaneous ( A LA Cart) Stack of Pancakes Treble String Beans Lettuce Wedge Key Bed of Spinach Sour âdoâ Piano Rolls Half Baked Piano Rolls (taken out of the oven a 16th hour early) Wippen Potatoes (erved with spoons) Potatoes chipped, (up to 445) Pork, Steak, Lamb & Poultry Butt Steak Pork Belly Rail Bar-B-Q Baby Back Check Ribs Hammer Shank Steak New York Temperament Strip Steak Let-off Rack of Lamb Dark & White Turkey Becket Oâ Chicken C Food Lobster Tails Bass Strings Fish Prop Sticks Jack Salmon Fillet of Sol Desserts. Key Lime Pie Plate Horn Oâ Plenty Supercharge your AIM. Get the AIM toolbar for your browser. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080310/6c041f05/attachment.html
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